Bag-holder.



0. H. LIGHT & o. H. HUTGHINSON.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1911;

' Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

- tinrrnn s'rarn CLAUS H. LIGHT AND CHARLES H. HUTCHINQON, OF DES MOINEIOWA.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1%12.

Application filed November 9, 1911. Serial No. 659,389.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLAUS H. Lloi-rr and lHARLES H. HUTGHINSON,citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Des Moines,Polk county, Iowa,have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction forbag holders adapted'to support a bag and hold the mouth thereof in openposition convenient for filling.

()ur invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in our claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of holder. Fig. 2 is an elevation of holder at right angles toFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the bag holder. Fig. l is a side elevationshowing the lower portion of the the bag the bag holder and the upperportion of a has, sus' pended thereon.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates aring and 11 a bailor hanger. The bail 11 preferably is formed or" asingle 'lengthof wire doubled at its center and shaped as a hook 11, thestem "li off the hook being twisted to add stillness to the same.v Anneof the bail 11 are coiled as at 12, 13 around diametrically oppositeportions of the ring 10, and extensions l-l, 15 thereof extend upwardlyoutside of and in diverging planes relative to the sides of the bail.Offsets 16, 17 are formed on and bowed outward from the extremities ofthe extensions ll, 15 respectively to form loops spaced materially fromthe sidesot' the bail 11. Extreme upper end )ortions of the extensionsor terminals of the offsets 16, ii are coiled around the sides of thebail 11 as at 18, ll). lVings 20, 21, each made of a single length ofwire, and bent on an arc oi a smaller circle than the ring 10, aremounted at diametrically opposite points of said ring and midway betweenthe sides of the bail 11 tions of said wings are coiled on the ring 10as at 22, 23, 24-, Ordinarily'the intermediate bowed portions of thewings 20, 21 diverge outwardly from the circumference of the ring l0 butthey may be sprung inwardly and stand upright from said ring whendesired.

In the practical use of this invention the and end porbail is suspendedby its hook 11 on any suitable support and a bag 26, usually of textilematerial, is placed with its mouth surrounding and inc-losing;- the ring10 and diametrically opposite portions of its upper margin are caughtbetween the extensions 14, 15 and the sides of the bail (Fig. 4:). Theportions of the bag to be caught be tween the bail and extensionsareintroduced through the enlarged spaces between the oilsets 16, 17 andthe sides of the bail and drawn downwardly into the converging,-

space until they are gripped suliiciently by the resilient parts,Portions of the margin of the bag bet-Ween the sides of the bail arecaught over the bowed wings 20, 21 and are supported thereby. The mouthof the bag may be contractedsufiiciently to cause pors tions thereof tostrain against the wings 20, 21 and draw them into upright positionsrelative to the ring 10, thus increasing the engagement of said wingswith the bag.

Vi e claim as our invention 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination of a ring, a hail fixed thereon, and gripping membersadjacent to the sides of said hail, each of said gripping memberscomprising an upwardly extending portion of resilient metal outside of,and in a plane divergent to the side of the bail, scoured at its lowerend to the ring, adjacent to one end of said bail, and at its upper endto the side of said hail, the upper portion of said gripping memberbeing spaced apart from the adjacent side of the bail to thereby permita tucked portion of a bag to be freely placed between said grippingmember and ball so that said tucked portion may be drawn dowmvardlly asulticieut distance, to be firmly gripped between the side of the bail,and the adjacent gripping member.

, 2. A bag holder, comprising a ring, a bail formed with a hook at itscenter. and portions of the bail coiled on said ring at dia- Imetrically opposite points. said bail having integral extensionsarranged in planes d1- vergent to the sides of the. bail, each of saidextensions having an offset portion at its carrying said ring, thecentral portion of the bail being twisted and formed into a hook, saidbail having integral extensions on its ends arranged in convergingplanes relative to the sides of the bail and fixed thereto at theirextremities at points above the ring, and Wings mounted on said ringintermediate of the sides of the bail.

4. A hag holder comprising a ring, a bail carrying said ring, thecentral portion of the bail being twisted and formed into a hook, saidbail having integral extensions on its ends arranged in convergingplanes rela tive to the sides of the bail and fixed thereto at theirextremities at points above the ring, and Wings mounted on said ringintermediate of the sides of the hail, the Wings normally standingobliquely to and extending beyond the circumference of the ring andadapted to engage marginal portions of a bag. o Signed by us at DesMoines, Iowa, this ninth day of March, 1911.

CLAUS H. LIGHT.

CHARLES H. HUTCHINSON.

Witnessesz S. C. SWEET,

EARL M. SINCLAIR.

